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General Election 2019 in Tewkesbury

"We've had a state of paralysis"

With 83,958 people eligible to vote in Tewkesbury, it was a total of 61,401 who turned out to vote in the 2019 election.

In his victory speech after the results were read, Mr. Robertson said it was a "very good result."

Speaking after the count was announced, he said: "We've had a state of paralysis over the past year or so and a majority should hopefully get us get Brexit over with and get on with the issues people really do want to talk about."

Speaking about future goals for Tewkesbury, Mr Lawrence cited the A417 Missing Link and bringing more money into local schools and hospitals as priorities.

He said: "There's always more to do and I'm sure there will be various challenges but I look forward to continuing to represent the people of Tewkesbury for that time."

As for the rest of the day, Laurence says he plans to have a "bacon buttie and a glass of bubbly...and we'll go from there."

General Election Day 2019

"An opportunity to build from here"

Lib Dem candidate Alex Hegenbarth, who came second with 13,318 votes said of the result : "I think it's been fantastic, it's a real opportunity for us to build from here and there's been a real appetite for a decent opposition that can hold the Conservatives to account.

"It's a mountain to climb but we have the team and the determination to climb it."

Labour candidate Lara Chaplin came in third with 9,310 votes and said: "We started campaigning five days before the general election was called, and where we canvassed have brought very good results.

"We kept things positives and didn't tell any lies.

"In the future I want to get to Westminster; I still live in Tewkesbury and I will be shouting about it.

"We're passionate about the area, passionate about Brockworth, passionate about Churchdown."

Green Party candidate Cate Cody saw a boost for the Green Party with 2784 votes said: "We obviously knew Laurence would win. I'm very, very disappointed.

"We increased our votes this time by about 1,000 so that's a huge increase and every single green vote is a vote for hope for the future.

"I'm disappointed but it's still a huge gain for us and I'm very proud of every single person who voted for us.

"I will continue to represent them and probably work a lot harder than other people."

By 5:20am the warehouse where the voting count was held had been cleared by volunteers and everyone went home for a well-deserved rest.